The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-11-29
MURDER.
a Chinese Woman Butohored.

Early Tuesday night the wife of Man Chat,
musician in the Chinese Theater, was muir
dered in her own home, her husband being
absent plying his vocation in that place of
amusement
As nearly as can be ascertained, the crime
was committed about O'Clock. The house
where the tragedy occurred is situated in the
territory called Aala, on the marshes in rear
of the Chinese TheRter, between King street
and the lower part of Beretania street.
Chinaman in one adjacent house and q
native girl in another, hearing loud shrieks,
came outside. With others who collected,
they began investigating to find out the cause
of the outcry. The door of Man Chats
house, whence the sounds were thought to
have proceeded, was found closed.
Whether an entrance was made by any of
the neighbors at this time is net known at
this writing, but at all events somebody
found access to a telephone, and informed
Marshal kaulukou of serious trouble. The
Marshal, accompanied by officers Hopkins
and Waipaa, quickly proceeded to the place
indicated.
On arriving the officers found Man Chats
son in charge of the house. \ shocking sight
met their gaze on entering bedroom. The
wife and mother lay dead on the floor, hav
ing evidently fallen from her bed in death
struggle. There was a CHASTITY wound close
below the right ear, extending in an irreg
ular line for two 10 three inches. 1t appeared
to have been done with two strokes of
knife. The cheek was cut open with another
cash from the mouth outward. There were
other cuts in the face. and three stabs in the
abdomen-one of the latter entering the
viscera, the Others of less depth.
\ strong clasp knife was found on box close
TO the body. Its point only was tinged with
blood, and If this was the murderer's weapon
1t must have been wiped or washed after the
deed.
Word having been sent to the victims
husband that there was trouble in his house,
the Marshal had the body of the murdered
woman taken to the Station. Dr. Trousseau
was called and made an examination. He
found that the carotid artery had been sew
cred by the stab under the ear, this wound
being sufficient of itself to produce
death almost instantly. One, at least,
of the wounds in the abdomen would
have proved fatal i'll day or two.
None of the other wounds was necessarily
fatal in itself The doctor believed that the
woman was lying down when she received
the fatal stab in the neck, and when attempt
ing to escape or defend herself was cut and
slashed III the terrible manner above de-
scribed.
The artifcially small feet of the victim
showed that she came from an upper caste
of Chinese. She was fleshy in the face and
round and stout in body, to all appearance
being of full middle age.
On Tuesday night the Marshal announced
Il reward of $500, the Chinese Society
$500 and a Chinese firm $780, making
$500 in all, to be given for the cap
ture of the murderer of Man Chats wife
Deputy Marshal Pahia and large detail OF
police kept up watch and search for
some clue to the criminal all night. Early
Wednesday morning Il chain of circum-
stances led them to arrest n Chinnman
named All Tuck. He was caught in bar
ber's shop between Hotel and Smith streets by
the Deputy Marshal and officers Nahalelua.
Makaila, Puaahiwa and Lewis. Most of the
day was devoted by the Marshal to an inter
view with the prisoner and the reception
of evidence proffered by countrymen of the
latter. While the Marshal declines to state
particulars of the testimony thus procured,
he is positive in the belief that the right
man is in custody.
An inquest was held by Coroner Pahia
Wednesday morning, before mixed Euro
pean and Chinese jury, when verdict was
rendered to the effect that the woman came
to her death by violence, at the hands of
some person unknown.